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Posted: 9/23/2011 9:25:55 PM EST

The student defendants listen during a huddle with their attorneys after the jury found the 10 Muslim students guilty of disrupting the Israeli ambassador's university speech about U.S.-Israel relations, a case that stoked a debate about free speech, Friday, Sept. 23. 2011 in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 9/23/2011 9:25:55 PM EST

Judge Peter J. Wilson announces the jury's decision after they found the 10 Muslim students guilty of disrupting the Israeli ambassador's university speech about U.S.-Israel relations, a case that stoked a debate about free speech, Friday, Sept. 23. 2011 in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 9/23/2011 9:25:55 PM EST

One defendants covers his face before the jury found the 10 Muslim students guilty of disrupting the Israeli ambassador's university speech about U.S.-Israel relations, a case that stoked a debate about free speech, Friday, Sept. 23. 2011 in Santa Ana, Calif. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 9/3/2011 9:05:46 PM EST

A beach goer takes photos of surfers and body boarders as they ride the waves at the Wedge in Newport Beach, Calif., Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, as a large swell hits the Orange County beaches. Beachgoers this Labor Day weekend will be privy to big waves caused by a southwest swell that originated from a powerful storm near New Zealand. According to the National Weather Service, waves will be in the 5- to 8-foot range through Sunday. A high surf advisory issued earlier in the week was extended for the county through 9 p.m. Sunday. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Mark Rightmire) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

The Los Angeles Dodgers take batting practice before their Opening Day MLB National League baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles, California in this March 31, 2011 file photo. Bill Burke and certain other investors have offered Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team owner Frank McCourt $1.2 billion for the bankrupt team, a Los Angeles Times report said, citing two people familiar with the contents of an offer letter. REUTERS/Alex Gallardo/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL BUSINESS)

Dale Goddard, 5, from Los Angeles, watches the Los Angeles Dodgers take batting practice before the start of their American League MLB baseball interleague game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis in this June 27, 2011 file photo. Bill Burke and certain other investors have offered Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team owner Frank McCourt $1.2 billion for the bankrupt team, a Los Angeles Times report said, citing two people familiar with the contents of an offer letter. REUTERS/Eric Miller/Files (UNITED STATES BASEBALL - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL BUSINESS)

Members of the United States military hold onto a giant flag displayed for the national anthem during pre-game ceremonies prior to the the Los Angeles Dodgers game against the New York Mets in Los Angeles, California in this July 4, 2011 file photo. Bill Burke and certain other investors have offered Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team owner Frank McCourt $1.2 billion for the bankrupt team, a Los Angeles Times report said, citing two people familiar with the contents of an offer letter. REUTERS/Alex Gallardo/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL BUSINESS MILITARY)

Posted: 8/25/2011 5:40:47 PM EST

In this Aug. 22, 2011, photo Orange, Calif. investigate outside the Children's Hospital of Orange County parking structure where an unidentified infant boy fell from the Children's Hospital of Orange County parking structure, according to police. The baby, in critical condition, is being treated at University of California, Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Cindy Yamanaka) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 8/6/2011 4:05:46 PM EST

In this photo taken July 12, 2011, one of the posters the Thomas family posted around the Fullerton Transportation Center in the hopes of eliciting information and video of a police beating they believe led to the death of Kelly Thomas is shown in Fullerton, Calif. A surveillance video released Monday, Aug. 1, 2011 shows witnesses telling a bus driver that Fullerton police officers had used a stun gun and beaten a homeless man who later died as a result of the confrontation. In the video taken aboard an Orange County Transportation Authority bus, passengers say officers pounded 37-year-old Kelly Thomas' face and hogtied him as he cried out for his father. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Joshua Sudock) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 8/6/2011 3:00:46 PM EST

FILE - In this photo taken July 12, 2011, one of the posters of Kelly Thomas posted around the Fullerton Transportation Center in the hopes of elicit information of a police beating they believe led to the death of Thomas in Fullerton, Calif. Police in this small college town should have been intimately familiar with Kelly Thomas and his history of mental illness. He had a 17-year string of arrests around the county for everything from assault with a deadly weapon to public urination to jaywalking. But somehow, things ended differently this time: Thomas died of severe head and neck injuries last month after a violent fight with six Fullerton officers who were trying to search his backpack after reports he'd been breaking into cars at a transit hub. His death has drawn outrage in this town best known as the home of a popular California State University campus and raised questions about how well the city's cops are trained to deal with the mentally ill. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Joshua Sudock,File) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 8/3/2011 9:35:56 PM EST

A memorial grows Tuesday morning, Aug 2, 2011, at the Fullerton Transportation Center in Fullerton, Calif. where 37-year-old Kelly Thomas was confronted by Fullerton police on July 5. A surveillance video released Monday, Aug. 1, 2011 shows witnesses telling a bus driver that Fullerton police officers had used a stun gun and beaten Thomas, a homeless man who later died as a result of the confrontation. In the video taken aboard an Orange County Transportation Authority bus, passengers say officers pounded Thomas' face and hogtied him as he cried out for his father. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Ken Steinhardt) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/30/2011 12:10:46 AM EST

In this Wednesday, July 27, 2011 photo, a man takes in the view of the La Grande Wheel at the O.C. Fair in Costa Mesa, Calif. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, John W. Adkisson) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/14/2011 5:05:50 AM EST

Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff for the Orange County District Attorney answers questions about the prosecution of Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, of Garden Grove, Calif. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Westminster, Calif. Becker, accused of cutting off her estranged husband's penis briefly appeared in court Wednesday, hiding her face with her long hair, but her arraignment on torture and mayhem charges was postponed. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/14/2011 5:05:49 AM EST

Susan Kang Schroeder, Chief of Staff for the Orange County District Attorney answers questions about the prosecution of Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, of Garden Grove, Calif. Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Westminster, Calif. Becker, accused of cutting off her estranged husband's penis briefly appeared in court Wednesday, hiding her face with her long hair, but her arraignment on torture and mayhem charges was postponed. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/14/2011 5:05:49 AM EST

After speaking with attorney Lee Gabriel, left, Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, center, hides her face behind her hair and a barrier in court, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Westminster, Calif. Becker, accused of cutting off her estranged husband's penis briefly appeared in court Wednesday, hiding her face with her long hair, but her arraignment on torture and mayhem charges was postponed. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/14/2011 5:05:49 AM EST

Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, of Garden Grove, Calif. looks around a barrier in the defendants cage in court, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Westminster, Calif. Becker, accused of cutting off her estranged husband's penis briefly appeared in court Wednesday, hiding her face with her long hair, but her arraignment on torture and mayhem charges was postponed. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/14/2011 5:05:49 AM EST

Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, of Garden Grove, Calif. speaks to a court officer while hiding behind her hair and a barrier in court, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Westminster, Calif. Becker, accused of cutting off her estranged husband's penis briefly appeared in court Wednesday, hiding her face with her long hair, but her arraignment on torture and mayhem charges was postponed. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Sam Gangwer) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT

Posted: 7/6/2011 9:05:50 AM EST

FILE - In this May 1, 2011 file photo, actor-singer Rick Springfield arrives to The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Calif. Springfield pleaded not guilt through his attorney to driving under the influence on Tuesday, July 5, roughly two months after he was arrested on Pacific Coast Highway. (AP Photo/Katy Winn, file)

Posted: 6/11/2011 6:11:11 PM EST

Janet Evans, 39, swims laps at the Janet Evans Swim Complex before the Janet Evans Invitational, a Masters meet, Saturday, June 11, 2011, in Fullerton, Calif. This will be her first competitive swim since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, after training for six months in hopes of earning a spot on the U.S. team for the London Games. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Mindy Schauer) MAGS OUT; LOS ANGELES TIMES OUT